MOLON LABE(Come and get 'em)

Multiple instances ^ | Unknown, though thought to be shortly after 500BC | Historical

[Cacique]

Classic old MOLON LABE Bump

MWLWN LABE

[Coleus]

Ok

[Cacique]

Back at you.

[longtermmemmory]

I have actually been to the very spot where this happened. It is an awesome monument.






It is interesting to not ALL the men selected for the mission were selected because they were fathers and had male heirs. Leonidas wanted to ensure the bravery of these men would pass on to future generations.

[longtermmemmory]

typo correction

"It is interesting THAT ALL..."

[Tailback]

I don't have any idea what Jonestown has to do with this.

A better translation that I have seen is this.

"Go tell the Spartans stranger passing by, that here obedient to our laws we lie."

"Gates of Fire" by Steven Pressfield is a fantastic historic novel that covers the battle.

[KneelBeforeZod]

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[KneelBeforeZod]

something I made for another use...but here it is for a bump http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/3062/molonlabeev6.jpg

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